It feels great to retire when you are on top of the game says Nehra

New Delhi, Nov 2 - Very few cricketers bid adieu to international cricket with both the bowling ends named after them and that too in their home ground but veteran pacer Ashish Nehra called himself "fortunate" to have all these during

"I said 'this is the time when you are on top of your game and fortunately got a match in Delhi', what better occasion could I get to hang my boots," he further said.

After undergoing a dozen surgeries during his 18-year-long injury-littered international career, Nehra said it is his body that will be at peace post retirement.

"I will miss all this. That's what you train for. One thing which will definitely be at peace will be my body.

"I said earlier that I can go a couple more years, but there can't be a better time to walk away," Nehra said.

"I last played Test cricket when I was 24 or 25, but at the end, to have played for 18 years and to be here standing in blue clothing and to have played my final match, I could not have asked for anything more. 

"I have no regrets. I am always happy, retired or otherwise," added Nehra, who took 44 scalps from 17 Tests.

Asked about his future plans, Nehra said he is yet to take a call on whether to go for coaching or commentary roles.

Nehra finished his international career with 34 scalps from 27 T20 Internationals besides taking 157 wickets from 120 One-day Internationals.